On 02/10/2013 09:14 PM, SxDx wrote:
Whatever I write would not be convincing. I am an asshole. I accept that. But! maybe the following argument would at least open up your mind on sexism. How did you come to linux? or hacking? or computer science? How does one human being come to that? Is there a special pattern? My bet is: no. It's pure random. At point t in time you don't care, at point t+dt you care and roll on. If this is right, why don't we find 50% of female humans, as in the general population? So there is a problem. You don't see it because you are males.
i'm acutely aware of the very low percentage of women in the open source community, thank you.
All of you. No female friend to talk to you about what she lives.
i feel the need to point out that i have many female friends and respected colleagues, and i like to discuss gender issues with them, or ask them stupid questions about calculus, or what their current research projects are.
Dig a bit on the web. Recently several women in tech went public on how they are treated by you, males.
that is a very stupid remark. it's also at least a hundred times more sexist than the image that caused the original outrage.
i've actually followed the whole discussion of sexist aggression on technical conferences quite closely. and i refuse to be summarily condemned together with pimpled 20 year old jerks who suddenly realize they somehow missed puberty, just because i happen to be of the same gender.
manga aesthetics can and should be discussed. however, the fact is that manga boys look and behave just as stereotypically stupid as manga girls, so i don't see why it should be sexist. still, people of any gender love it. fair enough.
the original poster made it sound like he saw a piece of hentai porn. at the risk of exposing myself to giggles and snide remarks: i blushed when i heard of a "subservient pose", thinking omg, some pimpled nerd did something really tasteless here. and clicking that link with trembling hands, what do i find? a girlie stereotype with fuzzy ears and large eyes standing around like she has to pee. if that is what's left of sexist imagery, we've sure come a long way.
sadly, that's not the case, so conserve your precious outrage and direct it at real problems.
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